In their report on gold for June 3 Messrs. Samuel Montagu & Ca. state The Bank of England gold reserve against its note issue is £113,- 920,690, a substantial increase of £1,926,315 as compared with last. week's return.
A fair amount of gold came into the market this week and was taken for India and South America.
The Department of Public Information at Ottawa gives the reduction of the British Empire in ounces as follows 1919. 1918. South 8,330,091 8,418,292
Rhodesia 585,700 624,000 Canada 767,167 "699,681 2 Austr 1,074,713 1,! 277 474
India 461,171 485,236 West Africa 292,500 307,950 Othar Regions (cetimated) 175,000 200,000
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